Adjustable reclining-chai r



E. PALMER. LB REGLINING CHAIR.

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. ADJUSTAB N0. 364,368; Patented June 7, 1887.

"UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERTUS E. PALMER, OF HILLSDALE, MICHIGAN.

ADJUSTABLE RECLlNlNG-CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 364,368, dated June 7, 1887.

Application filed February 17, 1885. Serial No. 156,168. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERTUS E. PALMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Hillsdale, in the county of Hillsdale and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Reclinng-0hairs; and I do hereby declare the follow- 1ng to be a full, clear, and exact description of my invention, reference being had to the .accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The present invention relates to the class of adjustable reclining-chairs provided with sliding seats hinged to the back of chair, the back being hinged or pivoted to the arms by means of bolts sliding in slots on the inner face of the frame, which readily admits of the change from a sitting to a reclining position, and vice versa, by the person sitting therein, whenever desired.

In all chairs of the above description the inclination of the back cannot be firmly held in 'position only at a limited number of fixed .pOintS.

In the present invention the chair is provided with one or more coiled springs attached to the sliding seat and bed of chair, making the chair automatic and easily adjusted. When adjusted to any position desired, it is locked by the occupant by means of a set-screw attachment operated by turning a knob or rosette at the side of the chair.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view of the chair-frame complete. Fig. 2 is the same with rockers having the back adjusted. Fig. 3 is a view of the bed of chair and sliding seat with coiled spring attached to the bed and front rail of seat and set-screw attachment operating at the center. Fig. 4. is a view of the same, showing the set-screw attachment at the side. Fig. 5 is a view of the bed of chair with seat detached, showing the attachment of strip M to stretchers of chair and the coiledspring K in a groove in strip M, which serves to hold the spring in position, the spring K being attached to rear rail of the seat. Fig. 6 is a View of the sliding seat detached from chair, having the strip N fastened to under side of same. I y

The chair-frame A is provided with a sliding seat, B, hinged to back 0 at D D, the back being attached to arms E E by bolts F F, the heads of which are sunken into curved grooves H, and held in place by metal plates having slots therein.

To adjust the chair to any inclination desired, the occupant presses against the back of the same with the shoulders while seated therein, which throws the back outward and at the same time downward, the bolts F F sliding readily in the grooves H, which causes the seat to slide forward, as shown in Fig. 2. To the front rail of seat B and the strip M at I is attached the coiled spring K, which expands more or less as the back is inclined, thus mak ing the chair automatic.

The coiled spring K may be placed in a groove made in strip M, so that the automatic action may be secured by compression, as shown in Fig. 5.

The strip M is bolted to the stretchers of the chair near the center, and a like strip, N, having the slot 0 therein, is fastened to the under side of center slat of seat, so that the faces of the strips meet. The rod or bolt B passes through the slot 0, thence through strip M, terminating in a bar or nut in knob S at the side of chair.

To adjust the chair, loosen the knob S and the back can be changed to any inclination desired, when it'can be held .firmly by turning the knob S, so that the pieces or strips M N will bind. The slot 0 will permit of the seat sliding readily when set-screw is loose. The center strips, M N, and bolt R also serve to hold the seat-frame to the bed of chair, thus dispensing with lateral grooves in the side of chair-frame.

The set-screw attachment may be at the side, which binds the side of seat-frame to side of chair, as shown in Fig. 4.

I am aware that prior to my invention adjustable reclining-chairshave been made with sliding seats and backs hinged to same, and coiled or spiral springs attached to frame and seat making the chair automatic. I therefore do not claim such a combination broadly; but What I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is--* Together, and terminating in a knob, substan- I bination, With the hinged back A, sliding seat IO B, and spring K, of the lock or set-screw attachment formed by strips M N, slot 0, and rod R, substantially as herein set forth.

ALBERTUS E. PALMER.

1. The combination, in a reclining-chair, of a sliding seat having attached beneath the same a strip, N, with a slot, 0, therein, a strip, M, attached to the chair-frame, and the fasteningrod R, passing through the side of the chair and said strips and adapted to clasp the strips Witnesses:

GEO. A. JANES, SALAMON W. YEAGLEY.

tiaily as set forth.

2. In an adjustable reclining-chair, the eom- I 

